RoadSense-Southland - Road Safety Councils

*'If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.' Chinese Proverb*

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Student Road Safety Councils mandate could be to:

Increase student exposure to road safety issues and concepts.
Create and foster a caring/family school culture.
Help enlist support from parents.
Provide opportunities for leadership and decision making skills.
Develop positive relationships with stakeholders such as city councils, Nz Police, parents, BOT etc.
Encourage life skills.
Enhance self-esteem.
Develop avenues where positive personal growth will occur.
Empower students to make sound decisions based.

The council could be involved in the following responsibilities or activities:

Reflect and review on all aspects within and outside the school environment with Road Safety being paramount.
Establish links with significant groups-BOT, Principal, RSC, PEO etc.
Lead/assist with the whole school events such as Feet First, Bike Wise week, WOW.
Develop own programmes to address the need of the school.
Provide a Road Safety statement to the Principal and/or BOT for the school newsletter and/or website, strengthening links with the wider community.
Develop a 'council' blog to post new events and strategies.
Encourage parents to respond to road safety issues by running competitions eg-design a road safety slogan or poem.
The 'council' could offer a cup of tea/coffee for parents who walk there child to school.
Access a large map of the school zone-see RSC-, identify possible hazards, and establish safest route to school.
Establish 'park and walk' zones.
Establish a school notice board.
Provide a weekly safet hint to all classes-could be linked to the value or virtue of the week.
Run a "Spot the Safe Student" of the week award. Acknowledge in assembly, newsletter, blog, website.etc
Establish students 'walk meters'. Students graph their daily distance, compare weekly against other classes.
Interview older people in the wider community in order to compare then and now methods of getting to school-anticipate future trends.